Area Obituaries

1983 – 2020      Anna Marie Hipp of Loris was the daughter of Robert Chester Hipp and Janice Weathers Hipp, who survive her. Anna was 37.      She was predeceased by her grandparents, J.C. and Edith Hipp of Loris, and Bill and Osie Weathers of Spartanburg.      Anna died at home in Loris on May 15 after an…

1947 – 2020      Flossie “Rose” Rosella Walker of Loris passed away on Thursday, May 14, at McLeod Loris hospital. She was 73.      Mrs. Walker was born on April 4, 1947 in Conway to the late William McKinnley Chestnut and the late Rosa Mae Chestnut.      Mrs. Walker was a long term resident of Tabor Commons in…

1961 – 2020      Raymond Morton Wicker of Mebane passed away peacefully at home on May 16, from esophageal cancer. He was 58.      Raymond was born in Chapel Hill on Sept. 24, 1961, the son of the late Raymond Blackwell Wicker Jr. and Joann Ruth Morton of Tabor City.      Raymond was a business analyst at XPO…

1944 – 2020      Brenda Tompkins of Tabor City died Tuesday, May 12, in Compass Rehab, Conway. She was 75.      Born Oct. 13, 1944 in Barnesville, she was the daughter of the late Sanford and Geraldine Page Jenkins and the widow of Dale Tompkins.      She is survived by one daughter, Page Tompkins Wallace and her husband…

1946 – 2020      Carolyn Yvonne Johnson Chestnut of Tabor City died Thursday, May 14, at her residence. She was 74.      Surviving are her husband, Wilbur Chestnut; daughter, Carol Chestnut of Durham; sister, Gloria Bradshaw of Conway; two grandchildren; and her mother-in-law, Mildred Chestnut of Tabor City.      Funeral services, for immediate family only with notification, were…

1962 – 2020      Allyson Strickland of Tabor City died Thursday, May 14, in Duke University Hospital, Durham. She was 57.      She was born in Mullins, Sept. 9, 1962, a daughter of the late Reginald and Clarice Dimmery Strickland.      Surviving are her husband, Eddie L. Strickland of the home; two daughters, Amanda Strickland and her husband…

1955 – 2020      William Eddie Bullock, Sr. of Tabor City passed away Friday, May 15, at his residence. He was 65.      Born Feb. 1, 1955 in Loris, he was the son of the late Herbert and Edith G. Bullock. Mr. Bullock was a veteran of the U.S. National Guard. He worked with Baiden Associates as…

1947 – 2020      Eugene Glen “Smiley” Boyer of Loris, Tabor City Fire Department member 1136, died Tuesday, May 12, at his home. He was 73.      Born March 7, 1947 in Stark County, Ohio, he was the son of the late Henry and Flossie Boyer.      He is survived by his wife Judy Kay Boyer of the…

1954 – 2020      Ethel Deloris Washington Martin of Monaca, Pennsylvania, formerly of Tabor City, passed away Friday May 8, at home. She was 65.      Born August 8, 1954, in Lumberton, she was a daughter of the late Jake and Annie Brown. She was a former member of Union Mission Baptist Church, South Carolina.      When she…

1949 – 2020      Judy Vernell Hyatt passed away on Sunday, May 10, at her home in Loris. She was 71.      Mrs. Hyatt was born on April 16, 1949 in Columbus County to the late Odell Baggett Miller and the late Hettie Mae Parker Miller Cox. Mrs. Hyatt was a loving wife, mother, and homemaker. She…